In November of the 25th year of Zhaohua, there were two major events in Kyoto.

One of them is that the emperor ordered the Ministry of Industry to recruit many people to build an academy of sciences under Qishan Mountain.

Originally, I heard that only about 40,000 people in the slums were recruited, but later, I ......

Later, the Ministry of Industry almost cried!

80,000 people!

A full 80,000 young people!

That's a big piece of black pressing!

It takes at least five days to walk from Kyoto to Changle Palace, and these ragged poor people are young and middle-aged, and they are strong farts!

All of them have yellow and thin muscles, and they are so hungry that their chests are close to their backs.

They didn't have any dry food to eat on the road, and they didn't have tents to shelter them from the wind and snow at night!

Don't say it's been five days!

Huang Xiumu felt that it was estimated that the day after leaving Kyoto, these people would all die in the wind and snow.

What to do?

It's still the emperor's atmosphere!

He waved his hand:

"People, all of them must arrive at the Academy alive!"

"Buy!"

"Buy enough dry food for 80,000 people for six days!"

"Give them all the remaining camp tents in the armory!"

"Not enough to buy more!"

"Buy quilts, buy pots and pans, buy charcoal and buy stoves! Anyway, they will use it when they get to the Academy of Sciences to build a base! ”

The emperor said this heroically, Huang Xiumu bowed and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, ...... this silver?"

The emperor waved his big hand again:

"Looking for the book of the household, I lent him 10 million taels of silver!"

"When?"

Huang Xiumu had no choice but to go to Li Wenhou.

Li Wenhou was dumbfounded!

The IOU has been sold, but the 10 million taels of silver have not yet arrived!

The emperor has made such a big battle, what can Li Wenhou do?

If you don't give money, 80,000 people will die of starvation and freeze on the road...... This sin is not his Li Chen'an's!

This sin has to be borne by him, the head of the household!

People will say that the emperor is so good that at least 80,000 families with 200,000 or 300,000 people can survive the winter safely, but because of the deduction of food and salary by the head of the household, 80,000 families died, which is 80,000 families shattered!

What are the consequences of this?

This pot is heavier than Mount Tai!

He Li Wenhou can't carry it at all!

Now 80,000 people have been assembled, and they are all waiting in the school yard not far from the palace.

That is, raw rice is cooked into cooked rice!

Even if he wants to ask Li Chenan for silver, it is not now.

At the moment, he can only give silver!

Fortunately, two days ago, Caoyun invited bids, and a total of 46 businessmen participated, and according to Li Chenan's intentions, six routes were released, and six people won the bid.

The deposit was three million taels of silver......

That's it!

Let's pay for it first!

This is settled.

80,000 people left Kyoto in joy.

They are happy!

There is food, drink, and tent quilts!

The onlookers were also happy!

Everyone is praising the emperor and Shengming!

All of them had smiles on their faces, light in their eyes, and hope for the future.

Only Li Wenhou wanted to cry.

After allocating the money to the Ministry of Works, he immediately went to the imperial study to find Li Chenan...... This emperor, he is gone again!

Father-in-law Wei spread his hands:

"Master Li, in fact, the emperor has not come to the imperial study for the past two days...... I heard that in the Ordnance Division, if Master Li has something urgent...... Why don't you go to the Ordnance Division? ”

Li Wenhou turned around and braved the wind and snow to go to the Ordnance Division.

It turned out to be a step too late!

……

……

Ordnance Department Yamen.

Li Chenan looked at the sky outside, and the sky was gradually darkening.

"Three acres,"

"The minister is here!"

"Earthquake Thunder, do you understand now?"

Zhao Sanmu looked at Li Chen'an's eyes full of admiration, and he hurriedly bowed:

"Back to the emperor, the minister understands!"

"That's good, this thing is more useful than fireworks!"

"It can be launched from a distance by a catapult, and when it explodes, it produces more power than fireworks in a crockpot!"

"The point is that it's relatively easy to make."

"Next, two new departments will be set up under the Ordnance Division, one of which is called the Firearms Bureau, which specializes in the production of shells for earth-shaking thunder and red-coated cannons."

"The second is called the Gun Bureau, which specializes in the production of red-coated cannons, as well as new cannons developed after the completion of the Academy of Sciences."

Zhao Sanmu was stunned: "Your Majesty, what is a gun?" ”

Li Chenan smiled slightly:

"Big Killer!"

“…… More powerful than a redcoat cannon? ”

"Each has its own merits, this thing is not easy to get, and after the Academy of Sciences is built, I will brainstorm and try to get the gun out as soon as possible."

After all, his profession in his previous life was not to tinker with these things, and Li Chenan didn't know why.

Zhao Sanmu had already admired this emperor so much that he threw himself on the ground.

The emperor has a lot of tricks!

Speaking of the fireworks, he only put some sugar in them, and the power of the explosion of this fireworks is much greater than before!

Who would have thought that sugar would have such a function?

It's just that the sugar is too expensive, which has led to a lot of increased costs for this improved fireworks.

In the past two days, he asked the Ordnance Department to replace the containers containing fire and medicine, and replaced the clay jars with hollow iron balls.

The guy ......

It was able to shatter the iron ball!

The shattered pieces of iron are embedded in the surrounding baffles!

If it exploded in the enemy's army, the power of a heavy firework and the power of a heavy piece of iron would make Zhao Sanmu unimaginable.

The Ordnance Division has been tinkering with the red-coat cannon for a long time, and the problems of range, accuracy, and explosion have not been solved.

But after the emperor came, he gave random advice, and the problems that made all the craftsmen helpless were solved.

Emperor......

He's not just a poet!

He can do just anything!

Now he talked about the gun again, and it is obvious that the gun that the emperor said and the gun used by the soldiers today are two different things.

What could it be?

Just in the sight of Zhao Sanmu's expectation, Li Chenan said again:

"Equipment forging is separated from the Ordnance Division, and it is called the Armor Forging Division...... Not only forging armor, but also forging swords and harnesses, etc. ”

Li Chenan stood up and patted Zhao Sanmu on the shoulder:

"It's not that I want to cut your power, people's energy is limited, and you have to use your limited energy in the most appropriate place."

"The task of the Ordnance Division is already very heavy, the red-clothed cannon and the earth-shattering thunder are the big killers of Ning Guo in the next few years!"

"You have to make sure that these two things can be made as quickly as possible, and that there are no gaps."

Zhao Sanmu grinned:

"What the emperor said is extremely true, the minister's mind is used in the manufacture of the red-clothed cannon and the cannonball, this is another earth-shattering thunder, and I really can't be busy."

"It's best if you think so, do it well, I won't treat you badly!"

"Minister, Emperor Xie!"

"That's it, hurry up and make the red-clad cannon and the earth-shattering thunder, I want to use these things to kill those desolate people!"

As soon as Li Chen'an's words fell, a guard ran in.

He bowed:

"Your Majesty, Li Wenhou, the head of the household, is coming to the front door!"

Li Chenan looked up at Cheng Zhe, "Let's go!" ”

"Go through the back door! Let's go! ”

"Three acres,"

"The minister is here!"

"Master Li will definitely ask, just tell him that I have already left!"

“…… Obey, Minister! ”

Li Chenan didn't expect Li Wenhou to run so fast!

He had just come to the door of the back door, and Li Wenhou had already broken in:

"Your Majesty ......!"

"Run!"

The two opened the back door under the shocked gaze of all the craftsmen, and rushed out as soon as they slipped through the smoke.

Li Wenhou is so angry!

"Your Majesty ......!"

"Silver, silver......!"

He also rushed out the back door, where was the shadow of Li Chen'an and the others in the wind and snow.

Li Wenhou took a deep breath viciously and poured a mouthful of snow.

"Whew!"

"You can run the monk, and you can run the temple?!"